County-wide search conducted for 5-year-old Flemington boy

FLEMINGTON — Police conducted a county-wide search today after a mother took her 5-year-old son from his bus stop, police said.

Police found the boy with his mother and two female passengers she was traveling with and took them into custody before releasing them. No court orders have been violated and no charges have been filed, said John Kuczynski, county chief of detectives, said.

The boy lives with his birth father and grandmother in Flemington, Kuczynski said, adding that the mother is a resident of Georgia. Emergency radio reports indicated that she was traveling in a silver 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer with tinted windows and Georgia license plates.

The incident appears to have started because of a dispute or misunderstanding over "if the kid would start school in Georgia," Kuczynski said. "That is undetermined."